Andrew Carnegie was one of the most famous businessman during the 1800’s. He worked in the steel industry and contributed a lot to the American society and economy. But he wasn’t as good as he looked, and he for sure wasn’t a hero. A hero is someone who cares about others and who is admired for having basic human qualities. But Carnegie never cared about them, and he lacked empathy and humanity. Andrew Carnegie wasn’t a hero because he mistreated his workers and he just gave money away to make himself look good. Carnegie didn’t treat his workers fairly. In fact, he abused and dehumanized them. According to document 6, the workers called the factories the “Death Trap”, because of its highly dangerous working conditions. They were exposed to…
Andrew Carnegie did things that would help people, which describes a hero. He donated over thousands of dollar to charities, gave and showed people how to earning money works, and had a philosophy a that you should donated when you’re alive. By Andrew Carnegie actions, he shows hero character traits. $350,695,653 plus, that is how much money Andrew Carnegie donated to charities in his lifetime. He had a big impact on his corporation because they are still donating to this day. Also, he donated…
Andrew Carnegie shouldn’t be considered a hero because his selfish, ambitious, and extreme competitive attitudes had made a negative impact on others. A hero is someone who helps people who is in need of help and someone who gives to the poor and doesn’t spend money on unnecessary things that aren’t important. A hero is also somebody who has good leadership. Carnegie had a steelmaking company, In Carnegie’s time in the northeast of about the 1900s. Carnegie’s selfish attitude shows that he…
Estefani Callejas Mr. Plata US History: Period 7 20 October 2017 Was Andrew Carnegie a hero? Do all hero’s wear capes? Andrew Carnegie was and still is a hero and didn’t wear a cape. He was one of the richest man in America he donated so much money and helped out so many families . Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in a attic of a weavers cottage in Dunfermline Scotland. He grew up Poor he was a hard working boy and helped out his family get through difficult times of being poor. (Doc…
He withdrew from his other investment activity to concentrate on steel manufacturing. With his own capital, he built his first blast furnace that year and another in 1872. He persuaded some of his Pittsburgh business acquaintances to join him in steel manufacturing and with them formed Carnegie, McCandless, and Company (later known as Carnegie Steel). The company employed the innovative Bessemer method, which Carnegie had witnessed on a visit to Bessemer's steel plants in England in 1872. This…
“I shall remember that check as long as I live. It gave me the first penny of revenue from capital - something that I had not worked for with the sweat of my brow (Golden, 1988, p.2).” Andrew Carnegie was a wealthy individual in industry. Steel became one of the major products to come out of the industrialization period because it was more affordable than iron. The Bessemer process was created to help in the steelmaking process. Carnegie helped many people out of the kindness of his heart.…
Andrew Carnegie is a self made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest 19th century u.s. businessmen donated towards the expansion of the New York Public Library. Also Andrew Carnegie was born on november 25 1835 in Dunfermline Scotland. And after moving to the united states he worked a series of railroad jobs by. 1889 he owned Carnegie steel corporation the largest of its kind in the world in 1901 he sold his business ands dedicated his time to expanding his philanthropic work. including the…
local land boom and prices would go up and many would sell the land and move further away to continue the railroad speculation. The building of railroads would acquire many workers of all races so it gave people jobs and a reason to move out west. The Chinese economy begins to tank; therefore, a large number of Chinese men would come to the U.S to work on dynamite on the railroads in the mountains because it was very dangerous. A white person would not have wanted the job and the Chinese…
Andrew Carnegie is one of several men whose industries and inventions helped contribute to the building of modern America. In the series “The Men Who Built America”, Carnegie and his empire of steel is one of the major focuses. Carnegie started as a poor immigrant from Scotland, his family had such little money that a young Carnegie was forced to work so that his family could survive. Thomas Scott, who eventually became Carnegie’s mentor, employed the young boy as a helper, and as a messenger.…
this to be a most taxing and difficult engagement. He searched for months to find the right design and materials. Carnegie decided to use steel to construct his bridge because he thought that it would be able to hold large amounts of mass. Mr. Carnegie went around to many different steel corporations and learned how they made their steel, and was shocked at the fact everyone made it differently. He had to buy large amounts of steel in order to build the bridge. He went out…